exchange
verb/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/
/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they exchange | /ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/ /ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/ |
| he / she / it exchanges | /ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒɪz/ /ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒɪz/ |
| past simple exchanged | /ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒd/ /ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒd/ |
| past participle exchanged | /ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒd/ /ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒd/ |
| -ing form exchanging | /ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/ /ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to give something to somebody and at the same time receive the same type of thing from them
- exchange something to exchange news/information
- We use the forum to exchange ideas.
- Juliet and David exchanged glances (= they looked at each other).
- Everyone in the group exchanged email addresses.
- The two men exchanged blows (= hit each other).
- exchange something with somebody I shook hands and exchanged a few words with the manager.
- (be) exchanged between A and B He read the letters exchanged between Anna and her friend.
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- [transitive] to change an amount of one currency for an equal value of another synonym change
- exchange something Where can I exchange my money?
- exchange A for B You can exchange your currency for dollars in the hotel.
- [transitive] to give or return something that you have and get something different or better instead
- exchange something If it doesn't fit, take it back and the store will exchange it.
- exchange A for B I need to exchange this for a larger size.
- [transitive, intransitive] exchange (contracts) (on something) (especially British English) when a buyer and seller exchange contracts, especially on the sale of a house or land, they each sign a copy of the contract and give it to the other person
- The firm has just exchanged contracts on a nine-acre site.
- We exchanged on the house last week.
give and receive
money
goods
contracts
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French eschange (noun), eschangier (verb), based on changer, from late Latin cambiare, from Latin cambire ‘barter’. The spelling was influenced by Latin ex- ‘out, utterly’ (see ex-).
Idioms
See exchange in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee exchange in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishhave/exchange words (with somebody) (about something)
- (especially British English) to have an argument with somebody
- We've had words.
- Words were exchanged.
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